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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr MONNETT MONI · Thomaston, GA · July 22, 2000

Date: July 22, 2000 · 10:00 local
Place: Thomaston, GA
Airport: Thomaston-Upson County Airport
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9150J
Reported as: Amtr Monnettmoni
Reported engine: IAME KFM107
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,000 total1 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N9150JRegistration cancelled May 10, 2013 · Rothenbach Charles R MONNETT MONIS/N 00129 · Built 1991 Airframe modelRothenbach Charles R MONNETT MONI Engine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23)Pilot stated upon takoeff the aircraft was at 50 mph and approximately 25 feet altitude and a downwind was encountered and the aircraft dropped out of the sky and had hard landing, causing damage to the propeller, main landing gear, and right wing tip causing the aircraft to spin. The aircraft was moved and disassembled prior to the FAA being noticed. Inspection of the aircraft the damage as stated by the pilot, and no other unusual circumstances. The pilot owner pointed out that the pitot tubes for the airspeed indication was in the slipstream of the propeller. When the pilot was asked of the airspeed showed an indication during run up he indicated it didn't. this aircraft is of the motorized glider design.

As the FAA filed it

(-23)PILOT STATED UPON TAKOEFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT 50 MPH AND APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ALTITUDE AND A DOWNWIND WAS ENCOUNTERED AND THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY AND HAD HARD LANDING, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND RIGHT WING TIP CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED AND DISASSEMBLED PRIOR TO THE FAA BEING NOTICED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE DAMAGE AS STATED BY THE PILOT, AND NO OTHER UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE PILOT OWNER POINTED OUT THAT THE PITOT TUBES FOR THE AIRSPEED INDICATION WAS IN THE SLIPSTREAM OF THE PROPELLER. WHEN THE PILOT WAS ASKED OF THE AIRSPEED SHOWED AN INDICATION DURING RUN UP HE INDICATED IT DIDN'T. THIS AIRCRAFT IS OF THE MOTORIZED GLIDER DESIGN.